Proposals have been accepted for TPS-Colorado Learning Activities Development projects to be created in Summer 2006. Learning Activities Development will bring teams of content experts together to create learning activities using a template, and incorporating primary sources and other educational elements to accomplish stated learning outcomes.

Learning Activities Development projects will:

• Follow a specified template.
• Be centered around a topic (unit or lesson) using American Memory primary sources.
• Propose and answer essential questions about the topic.
• Address specific state learning standards.

Learning Activities Development Resources for Summer 2006

• Learning Activities Summer 2006 Resource Page for participants
• Learning Activities Development Completed Projects

Learning Activities Development Schedule
Learning Activities Development will begin with an introductory Professional Development Day on Monday, June 12 to explain project goals and expectations.

During the weeks of June 12 - July 14, participants will complete their Learning Activities Development projects. Dissemination reports for each team will be due Monday, July 16, 2007. See the Learning Activities Schedule, below.

Teams of 2 to 4 Colorado educators are invited to submit proposals for Learning Activities Development. TPS-Colorado requires that teams of 3 or 4 include at least one librarian, media or technology specialist. A stipend of $400 will be paid to each team member upon submission of the team's completed project.

Dissemination of content developed in the Learning Activities Development project is a key element of this professional development opportunity. After a report describing and documenting how the project was disseminated to the team¹s peers is submitted to TPS-Colorado, each team member will receive an additional $200 stipend. Teams will have until Monday, July 16, 2007 to complete their dissemination reports.

A selection of completed Learning Activities Development projects will be made available to the educational community through links on the TPS-Colorado Web site.

Prerequisites
Participants must be Colorado K-12 educators, and at least one participant per team must have completed TPS-Colorado Workshop Series I and II prior to the team's participation in Learning Activities Development.

Submitting A Proposal
The Learning Activities Development proposal application may be downloaded in Word (551 KB) or PDF (97 KB) formats. For more information about TPS-Colorado Learning Activities Development, please contact TPS-Colorado at 303-352-4945 or
mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu.

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